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Supporting the green transition with innovative electric vehicle batteries & accelerator products
In May, BASF issued the first green bond in the European chemicals sector with the help of Societe Generale. Proceeds will be used for several green projects, including the production of electric vehicle batteries and accelerator products.
Viewpoints
Financing Indonesia’s Coal-to-Green Transition
By Daniel Mallo, Head of Natural Resources & Infrastructure, Asia Pacific, Societe Generale
Sustainable & Positive Impact Finance
Aligning impact portfolios of listed assets with the UN’s SDGs
Sustainable & Positive Impact Finance
How can Europe’s transition to electric vehicles mobilise capital?
Europe’s car industry is in a race to switch from combustion engine to electric propulsion. Not only does it need to comply with the EU’s new emissions regulations from 2021, but it must scale up quickly or face losing ground to competitors from Asia and the United States.
Sustainable & Positive Impact Finance
Will satellites become the eyes of sustainable investing?
Eyes in the sky don’t lie. Indeed, during the coronavirus outbreak satellites have shown a revealing picture of plummeting levels of nitrogen dioxide, a major pollutant associated with industrial activity, in locked down economies
Sustainable & Positive Impact Finance
Going beyond green bonds to finance sustainable development in emerging economies
While green bonds grab the news headlines for financing sustainable development in emerging economies, in fact they are a small part of the picture. Multilateral development banks are the most active agents of change as they pioneer methods of financing that encourage sustainable growth and foster more direct involvement from private sector banks and investors.
Sustainable & Positive Impact Finance
What’s Green and Outperforms the Market?
Companies that take steps to become greener, historical data show, outperform similar companies that haven’t taken climate change action.
Trade Finance
Societe Generale wants to make trade finance greener
Societe Generale has launched a structured green trade finance initiative targeting customers active in clean energy or organising their transition from a carbon-intensive activity to a sustainable business model.
Clients' successes
ANZ achieved the first sustainability Tier 2 issuance from an Australian bank
Bank liquidity on Taiwan offshore
Taiwan is at the forefront of the offshore wind sector developing in the Asia Pacific region.
Clients' successes
FCC MedioAmbiente joins the green bond market to further protect the environment
FCC Medioambiente, one of the largest environmental services in the world, successfully joined the green bond market last December with an inaugural senior unsecured 1.1bn euro dual tranche.
Siemens Gamesa finances itself in green to combat climate change
Sustainable & Positive Impact Finance
Banks are the agents of change
The United Nations and the European Union have introduced prevailing frameworks and targets to boost development in a sustainable manner.
Advisory & financing
Accelerate the energy transition locally: the Credit du Nord group partners with Lumo
Signing of a partnership agreement between Lumo and the Credit du Nord group, to accelerate the energy transition locally via crowdfunding centered on renewable energies.
Advisory & financing
Societe Generale, proud sponsor of the HEC Paris Energy & Finance Chair while continuously committed to the energy transition
Societe Generale is celebrating today the renewal of its sponsorship in the HEC Paris Energy & Finance Chair on the HEC Paris campus: a long-lasting partnership with HEC Paris and a renewed commitment to the energy transition.
Clients' successes
Ivory Coast will host one of the largest drinkable water plants in West Africa
Around 30% of daily water consumption of Abidjan in 2025 will be supplied by a new potable water plant.
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Coronavirus crisis
Societe Generale mobilized to ensure the safety of its teams and its clients. Read more.
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